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  2. FURNITURE THAT DECEIVES.

    Recently an enterprising woman set out to discover just how many girls who earned their own living, lived at home; how many lived in hostels; and how many lived in ...

    Article : 664 words
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  4. BETROTHAL SWORD.

    Extreme simplicity will characterise the betrothal ceremony of the Prince Regent Hirohito and Princess Nagako Kuni, the date of which has not yet been announced. The ...

    Article : 601 words
  5. HYDRO-ELECTRICITY,

    For the opening of the recently completed hydro-electric scheme, and the opening of the new butter factory, Dorrigo was gaily decorated last Saturday. The opening ceremonies ...

    Article : 1,107 words
  6. VOICE OF INDIA.

    Twenty-five years as a Baptist missionary in Eastern Bengal has given Rev. P. C. Nall an intimate insight into the Indian mind, and an extensive knowledge of the ...

    Article : 569 words
  7. ELIZABETHAN ROMANCE.

    An interesting historical portrait (says the London "Times") has lately been added by Lord Lee of Fareham to the collection of portraits of persons connected with Chequers, ...

    Article : 623 words
  8. LOST ROMANCE.

    The good old coaching days! They are never referred to without some epithets of affection and regret. Romance has set upon them the seal of her approval. Tradition ...

    Article : 565 words
  9. DOG HEROES OF THE WAR.

    A show for watch and police dogs only, on an entirely new plan, has been held in Ghent. The idea was to show a few selected animals only, to the very best advantage. ...

    Article : 327 words
  10. PARISIAN DRAMA.

    Charged with blackmailing an American millionaire and his wife, a valet named Ar change Duira, aged 27, has been sentenced by the Paris Correctional Court to 18 months' ...

    Article : 474 words
  11. SLIT EARS.

    The custom of slitting a baby's ear "to make it bright and lively" is still practised in many parts of Wales (says the London "Daily Express"). ...

    Article : 703 words
  12. KING OF EGYPT.

    The finest expression of Egyptian statuary art in the world was sold for £10,000 recently at the sale of the Mac'Gregor collection at Sotheby's to Mr. A. S. Harris recently. ...

    Article : 334 words
  13. A DISPUTED TOOTH.

    A prehistoric tooth which Harold J. Cook found in Nebraska some few months ago and presented to the American Museum of National History has caused an amazing ...

    Article : 565 words
  14. GALLANT BRIGAND.

    A classical Sicilian brigand, whose story reads like that of a modem Robin Hood, has been arrested near Catania (writes the Milan correspondent of the London "Times"). His ...

    Article : 486 words
  15. DOLPHINS AND ORCHIDS.

    A yacht left St. Katharine's Dock, London recently, for three years' search for dolphins in the rollers of the North Atlantic, and for orchids in the jungles of the islands ...

    Article : 421 words
  16. "LITTLE DORRIT'S" CHURCH.

    Often referred to as "Little Dorrit's Church," the old parish church of St. George the Martyr, Southwark (London), has reachthe 800th anniversary of its foundation. ...

    Article : 375 words
  17. SLANG AND THE POLICE.

    Slang is unknown in the "Police Journal," the official organ of the Victorian Police Association, and in the latest issue an appeal is made to all policemen "to keep ...

    Article : 167 words
  18. "LISTENING-IN" TOYS.

    "Broadcasting" (says the Paris correspondent of "The Times") is making great strides in Paris. Even the toy shops' are now offering for sale "listening-in" ...

    Article : 203 words
  19. DEPTH PHOTOGRAPHY.

    Modern scientific progress has now made it possible to photograph the bottom of the ocean. The camera is suspended in the centre of a square framework, at each corner ...

    Article : 181 words
  20. ORIGIN 0F LAWN TENNIS.

    Lawn tennis, the most cosmopolitan of primes, says "Pearson's Magazine," grew out of the under-cover game. Tennis proper, of which Lord Grey, Mt. Eustace Miles, the ...

    Article : 117 words
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